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... seal , the usual Greek and Roman substitute for a lock . Again , when he speaks of the letter carried by Belle- rophon he makes no mention of a seal upon it , simply calling it a " folded tablet ; " and when the warriors cast lots , it ...
... seal , the usual Greek and Roman substitute for a lock . Again , when he speaks of the letter carried by Belle- rophon he makes no mention of a seal upon it , simply calling it a " folded tablet ; " and when the warriors cast lots , it ...
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... seals ( wormeaten bits of wood ) recommended as signets proof against all forgery , to which the more elaborate productions of the engraver were then so liable . From the natural impressions on the cane- joint , or wood employed to ...
... seals ( wormeaten bits of wood ) recommended as signets proof against all forgery , to which the more elaborate productions of the engraver were then so liable . From the natural impressions on the cane- joint , or wood employed to ...
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... seal- engravers of Nineveh , shortly before the reign of Sargon , the date at which cylinders first appear made out of the " Hard Stones " -Crystal , Onyx , Agate , -charged with engravings executed precisely in the style of the archaic ...
... seal- engravers of Nineveh , shortly before the reign of Sargon , the date at which cylinders first appear made out of the " Hard Stones " -Crystal , Onyx , Agate , -charged with engravings executed precisely in the style of the archaic ...
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... seals of a purely Phenician character , yet of the earliest . date , are found , bearing also legends in Semitic letters ( of which they were the first inventors ) , and even some cylinders are preserved clearly attributable to the same ...
... seals of a purely Phenician character , yet of the earliest . date , are found , bearing also legends in Semitic letters ( of which they were the first inventors ) , and even some cylinders are preserved clearly attributable to the same ...
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... seal , for its oriental inventors had invariably worn their cylinder or stamp as the ornament of a bracelet or necklace . That the invention of the finger - ring is ascribed to Pro- metheus , a Greek hero , and its name , SaxTUλOV ( a ...
... seal , for its oriental inventors had invariably worn their cylinder or stamp as the ornament of a bracelet or necklace . That the invention of the finger - ring is ascribed to Pro- metheus , a Greek hero , and its name , SaxTUλOV ( a ...
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